The capacity to recognise, represent, and reason about relationships between different quantities, that is, to think multiplicatively, has long been recognised as critical to success in school mathematics in the middle years and beyond. Building on recent research that found a strong link between multiplicative thinking and algebraic, geometrical, and statistical reasoning, this paper will describe the development and validation of two new assessment options for multiplicative thinking and discuss the significance of this for the teaching and learning of mathematics in the middle years of schooling.
History
Publication title
Proceedings of the 43rd annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Editors
YH Leong, B Kaur, BH Choy, JB-W Yeo and SL Chin
Pagination
369-376
Department/School
Faculty of Education
Publisher
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Place of publication
Singapore
Event title
43rd Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) Conference 2021 - Excellence in mathematics education: foundations and pathways
Event Venue
Virtual Conference, Online (Singapore)
Date of Event (Start Date)
2021-07-05
Date of Event (End Date)
2021-07-08
Rights statement
Copyright 2021 MERGA
Repository Status
Open
Socio-economic Objectives
Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum